Aviom is a pro audio equipment manufacturer of personal monitoring systems. Headquartered in

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, Aviom produces distributed audio networking gear which uses a proprietary

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transport system called A-Net, based on the physical layer of

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and carried over

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s terminated with

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connectors. Aviom's Pro16 Monitor Mixing System was nominated in 2005 for a

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, and in 2008 the Pro64 Series won the best Sound System Technology at Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany. Aviom's products are used in

live sound Live sound mixing is the blending of multiple sound sources by an audio engineer using a mixing console or software. Sounds that are mixed include those from instruments and voices which are picked up by microphones (for drum kit, lead vocals an ...

, broadcast, recording studios, houses of worship, theaters, schools, and post-production facilities worldwide. Applications include interfacing with stage monitoring,

headphone Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an ...

monitoring, and

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ing. House-of-worship engineer Brad Herring wrote that, of the several CAT-5e-based personal monitoring systems entering the marketplace, "perhaps the most notable is the Aviom system."

Users

*At the

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, Aviom's MH10f Fiber Merger Hub was used to transport broadcast audio signals, making its debut. The hub was connected to existing Pro64 Series Aviom products already installed at the

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. *Country music artist

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used Aviom

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s, the model 6416m, on tour beginning early 2010. The Aviom preamps took the place of Yamaha M7CL preamps, using expansion card slots. Band engineer Chris "Sully" Sullivan reported that band members who were previously unsatisfied with the M7CL preamps expressed happiness with the Aviom sound.

Gallery

File:Aviom A-16II Personal Mixer - headphone monitor system's remote mixer for each musician.jpg, Aviom A-16II
Personal Mixer File:DSC01880 - 2017 NAMM Show (2017-01 by Pete Brown @ Flickr 31628870014).jpg, Aviom's products
(2017

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with Aviom File:Back to the future - olden days keyboard rig.jpg, Daniel Spils (

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) on keyboards rig with Aviom

References

{{reflist Companies based in Chester County, Pennsylvania Electronics companies established in 2002 Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States Privately held companies based in Pennsylvania West Chester, Pennsylvania 2002 establishments in Pennsylvania American companies established in 2002 Manufacturers of professional audio equipment